President. I wish briefly to recapitulate the arguments in support of my amendment to H.R. 13175. as amended by the Senate Appropriations Committee. This amendment. if it is approved. will have the effect of restoring $2 million of the $5.3 million which the administration requested for assistance to Algerian refugees and displaced Algerians. First of all. I believe we should approve this amendment because it is the humane thing to do. Several hundred thousand Algerian refugeesrefugees from the civil war that has devastated Algeria in recent yearsare now returning to their country from Tunisia and Morocco. In many cases. their homes have been destroyed or their villages eradicated. In addition. there are within Algeria some 2 million Algerians whom the war has made displaced persons within their own country. and whose plight is equally destitute. Second. I believe that enlightened selfinterest demands our participation in the work of rehabilitation and relief for Algerian refugees. The Communists are working hard to extend their influence in Algeria and Morocco. because control of these two countries would give them control of the Straits of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean -Sea. They do not stint in their efforts.
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